Sentence examples for become the first large from inspiring English sources

AUSTRALIA has become the first large economy to raise interest rates after the onset of recovery.

Like Philadelphia, Chicago and several other cities, San Francisco has been competing to become the first large American city to make the Internet available throughout its borders.

Not only would France become the first large European country to introduce the ban affecting e-cigarettes, but it would also follow Australia's example by ordering plain packaging for tobacco products that display graphic pictures of diseases caused by smoking.

Chicago is to become the first large city in America to merge police and fire services in a co-ordinated "public safety" headquarters, and some unneeded facilities are to be trimmed.

If Lucent is able to achieve annualized revenue of at least $17 billion by successfully focusing on selling switches and other gear only to large telephone companies, and largely ignoring the few start-ups that are still in business, its executives hope Lucent can become the first large communications equipment company to emerge from the industry's crisis with solid prospects.

Barcelona has become the first large Spanish city to announce a ban on the wearing of full Islamic face-veils in some public spaces.

It will become the first large-scale shelter for Calais migrants since the controversial Sangatte Red Cross hostel was bulldozed in 2002.

"We want to become the first large-scale, flexible contemporary ensemble in the United States that is as important and indispensable as a city's symphony orchestras, opera companies and theater companies".

"We want to become the first large-scale, flexible contemporary ensemble in the United States that is as important and indispensable as a city's symphony orchestras, opera companies and theater companies," she said in an interview with The New York Times in 2007.

Earlier this year, Weil Gotshal & Manges became the first large firm to announce heavy cutbacks.

And this week, on Thursday, Philadelphia became the first large city to pass a similar tax.